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be⋅at⋅i⋅tude

[bee-at-i-tood, -tyood]
–noun
1. supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
2. (often initial capital letter) any of the declarations of blessedness pronounced by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L beātitūdō perfect happiness, equiv. to beāti- (see beatific ) + -tūdō -tude
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be·at·i·tude   (bē-āt'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  
  1. Supreme blessedness or happiness.

  2. Beatitude Any of the declarations of blessedness made by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

  3. Beatitude Used as a title and form of address for a patriarch in the Armenian Church or a metropolitan in the Russian Orthodox Church: Your Beatitude.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin beātitūdō, from beātus, happy; see beatific.]
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